Strong acceleration of glacier area loss in the Greater Caucasus between 2000 and 2020

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: L. G. Tielidze, G. A. Nosenko, T. E. Khromova, F. Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; New Glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-489-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/489/2022/tc-16-489-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/087aa04986064d06a846887a0a7efdf9

An updated glacier inventory is important for understanding glacier behaviour given the accelerating glacier retreat observed around the world. Here, we present data from a new glacier inventory for two points in time (2000, 2020) covering the entire Greater Caucasus (Georgia, Russia, and Azerbaijan...